Electric shoes

A Chinese farmer has spent over $15,000 inventing a pair of electric shoes which enable the wearer to run more than 100 miles per day.

Zhao Xueqin, of Wugang, Henan province was inspired to create the shoes - essentially battery-powered roller skates with headlights, indicators, brakes and brake lights - after seeing how the children in his rural village struggled to walk long distances to school every day.